cavy.girl
New Kit
My four year bun, Bobby, had a fit this afternoon which was pretty scary. We've not seen her do it before so came as a shock.
We were just in the animals' room talking to the piggies and buns when Bobby started to move really strangely. She was sat near her food bowl and curled her head under her body and went kinda skew-wiff. I couldn't figure what she was doing and where her head was. I lifted her out of the cage and realised she was fitting; her paws were going crazy and her mouth and nose were really wet. She eventually stopped and was not herself for a while, felt very hot and her breathing was fast; she was clearly stressed.
We called the vet who told us to take her straight down, but they didn't rush themselves at all despite us saying what happened and that we were worried. They just continued with their appointments, with people picking up their pets. It was ridiculous, I was really worried. When Bobby was finally seen the vet couldn't give us an answer. She tested her blood to see if she was diabetic but it was normal. Other than that she didn't offer us any advice. She just kept saying Bobby's a really fat rabbit and asked is she's been spayed, which she's not. Bobby is actually in the PDSA fit club and we're trying to get her more mobile and lose weight but the vet talked it down by saying it's virtually impossible to get rabbits to lose weight because 'they're not like wild rabbits'. It really annoyed me. And I know Bobby needs spaying but by this vet's own advice a while ago, Bobby needs to lose weight before having an operation.
I'm really worried about what the fit meant: what causes fits? I was told that I shouldn't have picked her up when she was fitting but I didn't know any different. I just wanted to help her. Is there anything I should know that I don't about what causes fits? Your advice is really appreciated!
Kind regards
Becky
We were just in the animals' room talking to the piggies and buns when Bobby started to move really strangely. She was sat near her food bowl and curled her head under her body and went kinda skew-wiff. I couldn't figure what she was doing and where her head was. I lifted her out of the cage and realised she was fitting; her paws were going crazy and her mouth and nose were really wet. She eventually stopped and was not herself for a while, felt very hot and her breathing was fast; she was clearly stressed.
We called the vet who told us to take her straight down, but they didn't rush themselves at all despite us saying what happened and that we were worried. They just continued with their appointments, with people picking up their pets. It was ridiculous, I was really worried. When Bobby was finally seen the vet couldn't give us an answer. She tested her blood to see if she was diabetic but it was normal. Other than that she didn't offer us any advice. She just kept saying Bobby's a really fat rabbit and asked is she's been spayed, which she's not. Bobby is actually in the PDSA fit club and we're trying to get her more mobile and lose weight but the vet talked it down by saying it's virtually impossible to get rabbits to lose weight because 'they're not like wild rabbits'. It really annoyed me. And I know Bobby needs spaying but by this vet's own advice a while ago, Bobby needs to lose weight before having an operation.
I'm really worried about what the fit meant: what causes fits? I was told that I shouldn't have picked her up when she was fitting but I didn't know any different. I just wanted to help her. Is there anything I should know that I don't about what causes fits? Your advice is really appreciated!
Kind regards
Becky